PERKIOMEN — On a frigid Wednesday night, Perkiomen Valley used its tight defense and stellar efforts from multiple players to stifle the Wissahickon Trojans, 48-32.

Perk Valley came out of the gate firing, led by Steve Leonard’s nine first quarter points. Stewart and Wilson had four apiece in the 17-8 first.

The team’s ability to rely on different players was a focus of Vikings coach Mike Poysden after the game.

“These guys have gotten to the point of where they know that there’s no need for any of them to be selfish. They look for their teammates and their teammates look for them. Some guys get 15, 18 a game, some guys get four a game. Then they flip-flop. It’s just as exciting for all of them.

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A shorthanded Wissahickon squad struggled to find any consistency throughout the game, scoring fewer points in each frame than the previous one until they broke through in a 12-point fourth.

“Any time two of your leading guys are out, you hope that you can still get in there and build some chemistry,” Trojan coach Kyle Wilson explained post-game. “We couldn’t find shots (or) our rhythm.”

“By the time we realized that Gordon (Bentley) couldn’t go, we got ourselves deep in the hole and it’s just tough.”

Chase Wilson and Gordon Bentley each missed significant time during the game and Chris Carradorini was visibly bothered by a hand injury that he had a splint on for the duration of the game, and the fact that he was sick on the bus before the game. Kyle Wilson said after the game Dylan Dossack didn’t make the trip.

The aforementioned Wilson paced the Vikings with 18 points. Stewart and Leonard had 12 each. Chris Carradorini led Wissahickon with eight.

Perk Valley plays Souderton on Saturday, and Wissahickon looks to get healthy for their game against Plymouth Whitemarsh Friday.